Central Bancompany, Inc. (CBC) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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Good day, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Central Bank Company second quarter 2026 earnings conference call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the speaker's presentation, there will be a question and answer session. To ask a question during the session, you'll need to press star 11 on your telephone. You will then hear an automated message advising your hand is raised. To withdraw your question, please press star 11 again. Please be advised that today's conference is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to your speaker today, John Ross, President and CEO. Please go ahead. Thank you, Operator. Good morning, and thank you for joining us for Central Bank Company's second quarter earnings call. With me in the room today is our Chief Financial Officer, Jim Ciroli, Chief Customer Officer, Dan Westhues, and Chief Credit Officer, Eric Hallgren. As a reminder, I'd like to point out that the discussion today is subject to the same forward-looking considerations outlined on page four of our press release. Today, we plan to again briefly provide some details on second quarter highlights before opening the line for questions. I'd like to begin with some non-financial updates for the second quarter. We opened three new full-service branches during the second quarter, one in St. Louis and two in Colorado. as part of our growth strategy in underpenetrated metro markets. Our Kansas City teammates were also busy welcoming World Cup fans and putting exclusive Soccer Capital of America debit cards in their wallets. But more than anything, I guess you could say it was business as usual here at Central Bank. I'd like to thank the nearly 3,000 full-time employees across our organization for their continued efforts providin...